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Nurses are working for free at a Limerick hospital due to staff shortages and budget constraints.SIPTU says it's aware of nurses working overtime without being paid, due to increasing pressure on the health system.The Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Dooradoyle and the Mater and Beaumont in … [Read More...]

A group of Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) students have narrowly missed out on claiming the top prize in a competition recognising third level campuses that go the extra mile to promote sustainable travel. Limerick Smarter Travel hosted the National Transport Authority's prize … [Read More...]

LAST week saw members of the Board of the Mid-Western Cancer Foundation and organisers of the annual Butterfly Ball gather at Limerick Strand hotel on the Ennis Road to announce details of this year’s black-tie fundraiser.Other invited guests like rugby legend Anthony Foley, Richard Lynch from … [Read More...]

LIMERICK commuters are being warned that the N24 Limerick to Tipperary road is closed following a crash this Wednesday morning.The incident occurred between Tipperary Town and Bansha around 6.30am.Alternative routes have been set up by gardai. Motorists coming from Tipperary Town-Limerick side … [Read More...]

The annual summer visit to Limerick this year was marked by the turn of the key in the door of the house that is now the family home without my mother. I wrote about that feeling of absence many years ago, in a poem called Emptynest, on the death of my father, when we childrenJumped for those … [Read More...]